Cotton Harvest

Laura Simon

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

The Wethington family harvests their fields of cotton Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012 in Dexter, Mo.

A field of cotton on the Wethington family farm in Dexter, Mo. Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. (Laura Simon)
A Cotton Picker combs through a field of cotton on the Wethington family farm in Dexter, Mo. Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. (Laura Simon)
A cotton picker combs through a field of cotton on the Wethington family farm in Dexter, Mo. Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. (Laura Simon)
A cotton picker combs through a field of cotton on the Wethington family farm in Dexter, Mo. Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. (Laura Simon)

Cotton is unloaded into the module for packing on the Wethington farm in Dexter, Mo. Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. (Laura Simon)
A cotton picker combs through a field of cotton on the Wethington family farm in Dexter, Mo. Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. (Laura Simon)
A field of cotton on the Wethington family farm in Dexter, Mo. Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. (Laura Simon)
Travis Marron attaches the cover under the module to cover the packed cotton in Dexter, Mo. Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. (Laura Simon)
Travis Marron and Perry Thornton attach the cover under the module to cover the packed cotton in Dexter, Mo. Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. (Laura Simon)

A cotton picker combs through a field of cotton on the Wethington family farm in Dexter, Mo. Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. (Laura Simon)
Travis Marron attaches the cover under the module to cover the packed cotton in Dexter, Mo. Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. (Laura Simon)
A cotton picker combs through a field of cotton on the Wethington family farm in Dexter, Mo. Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. (Laura Simon)
A field of cotton on the Wethington family farm in Dexter, Mo. Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. (Laura Simon)
Travis Marron attaches the cover under the module to cover the packed cotton in Dexter, Mo. Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. (Laura Simon)
Perry Thornton attaches the cover under the module to cover the packed cotton in Dexter, Mo. Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. (Laura Simon)
Scott Wethington steps out of his cotton picker at his Dexter, Mo. farm Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. (Laura Simon)
Cotton is unloaded into the module for packing on the Wethington farm in Dexter, Mo. Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. (Laura Simon)
A cotton picker combs through a field of cotton on the Wethington family farm in Dexter, Mo. Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. (Laura Simon)